I will not call Kerry "JFK"

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

There is only one JFK! Who's with me??

[bloom]

1. me

[blm]

2. We call him JK.

But why get so bent out of shape about his initials?

[FreeperSlayer]

12. What if your name was Barry Franklin Edward Eaton

I wouldn't want to be called BFEE!

[FreeperSlayer]

3. Me too!

BUSH OUT!!!

[displacedtexan]

4. JK doesn't want you to, either.

He refuses to let the campaign make the comparison.

[Guaranteed]

5. Yeah...I knew Jack Kennedy

And John Kerry isn't really all that much like Jack Kennedy. :P

[cindyw]

15. Right, sure you knew him.

n/t

[Guaranteed]

16. Welp, ya got me.

:smoke:

[jsw_81]

17. Are you sure?

Consider the following:

- Both were/are rich
- Both were Democrats
- Both were U.S. Senators from Massachusetts
- Both attended elite prep schools
- Both attended Ivy League colleges
- Both served as officers in the Navy
- Both commanded small vessels during a war in Asia
- Both married wealthy, glamorous women (who could speak French)
- Both had fathers who served as diplomats
- Both had the initials JFK

I think the similarities are very interesting.

[Guaranteed]

19. But their initials are different...

Wait...no...my bad again...

[La_Serpiente]

6. LOL

!!!!

[RetroLounge]

7. Kerry? JFK? Never...

eom

[oasis]

8. May we call you DTBK?

[KC21304]

9. Well, good for you. Who in the hell calls him JFK ?

[JI7]

10. we call him JK

even though jfk are his initials. we just call him john kerry or jk.

[adadem]

11. Nobody's asking you to

JK never uses his initials in that manner nor does he compare himself to John Kennedy. The media doesn't do it, nobody does it, except here it seems. Sour grapes.

[jsw_81]

18. Wait a second

I read in an article (the Boston Globe, I believe) that Kerry frequently called himself JFK during his prep school days.

[JI7]

22. he was a kid then

he liked showing off how he had the same initials as the president. there is nothing wrong with that. but he stopped doing it as he got older.

[Hoosier Democrat]

13. Me, Too!

Yes, they have the same initials. But I would find it offensive if Kerry starts using the "JFK' handle.

To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen: "Senator, we knew Jack Kennedy. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."

[Renew Deal]

14. I agree

It doesn't make any sense.

[girl gone mad]

20. I think it's a bad idea for another reason.

The name Forbes has such an elitist aura. I don't think it helps him to draw more attention to his WASPy upper class upbringing.

[robsul82]

21. Doesn't he have "JFK" engraved on his suitcase?

If that's true, then the whole "Oh, PLEASE do not compare me to J. Fitzgerald!" thing is bullSHIAT.

Later.

RJS

[emulatorloo]

25. You are attacking monogrammed luggage?

Quick, we must investigate his bathtowels!!!!!!

This could be his achilles heel

:)

[robsul82]

27. We've had comment after comment of "JOHN KERRY WOULD NEVER!..."

And there that is. I'm just SAYING that for a guy who doesn't want ANY comparison, embossing "JFK" on the suitcase that houses bills and official papers is kinda strange. That's all.

Later.

RJS

[emulatorloo]

33. Maybe cuz they are his initials and that's what a monogram means?

I see yr point, but that doesn't mean I don't get to tease you about it. . .

;-)

[KC21304]

32. Now that really makes sense. He is not allowed to put his

initials on anything because they are the same as Kennedy's. Listen up everyone. Anyone with the following names will no longer be able to put their initials on their luggage.

Frederick David Rogers,

Harold Stephen Thomas

James Frederick Kerstan

Lawrence Bruce Jameson

[Democrats unite]

23. I agree

What a dig race!

[KC21304]

34. And you better be extra careful with your initials, DU. LOL

[BootinUp]

24. Me too.

[iowapeacechief]

26. Good--because JK tried it out...

...and gave it up. Wisely.

[Poseidon]

28. So don't.

:shrug:

[PAMod]

29. This again?

I thought we squashed this silly habit months ago.

There is only one JFK. Who the h*ll uses monograms anymore?

[robsul82]

30. Hmmm...

:/

Later.

RJS

[PAMod]

35. heh heh, I thought RJS was already taken.

[Toucano]

31. Here, here!

It isn't cool.

But he's entitled to use his monogram on his luggage or whatever, just as anyone with those initials would be.

I just don't think he should invoke JFK in his political life. Seems Eddie Haskell-ish.

[Moderator]

36. Locking......

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